unemployment
Example Sentences
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The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in November, its highest in four years.
But now with power plant after power plant closing "unemployment is rising and the jobs that are being cut aren't being replaced", said Plakentas, further crippling a region with the country's highest jobless rate.
From Barron's
Weeks after the April layoffs, Lee got her first unemployment check for $270 after taxes, calculated in South Carolina based on wages.
In August and September, thousands of Indonesians took to the streets over unemployment and rising costs of living, in what were some of the biggest protests the country has seen in decades.
From BBC
“When the unemployment rate ticks up, employers get the advantage,” Link said.
From MarketWatch
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